1. I have beaten Halo 2, and now I can rejoin the rest of the world. Unless the rest of the world is playing online, in which case I'll see you momentarily. (I'm getting better!)

2. StrongBad has taken a turn for the surreal, all metaphysical-style. What will e-mail 119 portend?

3. Watched Master and Commander with Kath the other night. Quite a good film, to be sure; I kinda wish I'd seen it earlier.

4. The band will be recording an EP in December/January, once our loaner-drummer finishes gigging with Sufjan Stevens. In the meantime, we don't really have anything to show anyone, so yesterday, David and I added vocals to rehearsals we recorded in February; they came out pretty good. If you're interested in what the band sounds like, with drums and vocals, this is "Early" and this is "Backbone".